1 Chronicles 10:14
Context
14and did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.



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Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And trusted not is the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai.

Darby Bible Translation
and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

English Revised Version
and inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

Webster's Bible Translation
And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

World English Bible
and didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

Young's Literal Translation
and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
Library
October the Seventeenth no Quest of God
"He inquired not of the Lord." --1 CHRONICLES x. 6-14. That was where Saul began to go wrong. When quest ceases, conquests cease. "He inquired not"; and this meant loss of light. God will be inquired after. He insists that we draw up the blinds if we would receive the light. If we board up our windows He will not drive the gentle rays through our hindrance. We must ask if we would have. The discipline of inquiry fits us for the counsel of the Lord. "He inquired not"; and this meant loss of sight.
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

The End of Self-Will
'Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2. And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's sons. 3. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumsised
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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